French warplanes search Mali desert for crashed Air Algerie plane
ALGIERS (Reuters) – French warplanes and U.N. helicopters scoured the north of Mali on Thursday for the wreckage of an Air Algerie flight after it crashed carrying 110 passengers, nearly half of them French, from Burkina Faso to Algiers.
Mali, northern rebels agree on ‘roadmap’ for peace talks
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Mali’s government and Tuareg-led rebels on Thursday signed an agreement for a roadmap toward securing a broader peace deal to end decades of uprisings in the north.
Iran detains four journalists, three of them Iranian-American, says CPJ
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday called on the Iranian government to immediately release four detained journalists, three of whom it said had U.S.-Iranian nationality.
Sudanese Salafi group endorses Islamic State’s new caliphate
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Sudanese Salafi group in a statement on Thursday endorsed the Islamic State militant group that declared a caliphate after it swept through northern Iraq last month.
Ukrainian prime minister quits, parties force new election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister tendered his resignation on Thursday, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over an increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army financing.
Rival Libyan militias clash in Tripoli, Benghazi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Heavy black smoke rose over southern Tripoli on Thursday after rival militias exchanged artillery and rocket fire in a battle over the Libyan capital’s airport that has killed around 50 people in nearly a fortnight of fighting.
At least 15 killed by shelling of Gaza school; toll exceeds 760
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Gazan authorities said Israeli forces shelled a shelter at a U.N.-run school on Thursday, killing at least 15 people as the Palestinian death toll in the conflict climbed over 760 and attempts at a truce remained elusive.
Indian markets’ post-election enthusiasm lost on consumers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Software engineer Sanjay Bhatnagar used to watch a new Bollywood movie every week with his family, but now goes to the cinema once a month as spiraling costs of food and other staples eat into his budget for non-essentials.
Inside Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s oil mandarins
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Oil executive Jiang Jiemin rose to power in Communist China in time-honored fashion: by hitching his star to a mighty mentor.
Italy PM Renzi’s reform plans hit resistance in Senate
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plans to slash the powers of Italy’s Senate, a key element of his reform agenda, have run into trouble, with opposition politicians submitting nearly 8,000 amendments to delay its approval.
